World Service Listings for 8 – 14 May 2021 Page 1 of 16 SATURDAY 08 MAY 2021 A short walk in the Russian woods Producer: Ant Adeane Another chance to hear Oleg Boldyrev of BBC Russian SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w2cdg) enjoying last year's Spring lockdown in the company of fallen The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. trees, fungi, and beaver dams. SAT 05:50 More or Less (w3ct2djx) Finding Mexico City’s real death toll Image: 'Open Jirga' presenter Shazia Haya with all female SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172xvq9r0rzqq5) audience in Kandahar Mexico City’s official Covid 19 death toll did not seem to President Biden insists US is 'on the right track' despite lower Credit: BBC Media Action reflect the full extent of the crisis that hit the country in the job numbers spring of 2020 - this is according to Laurianne Despeghel and Mario Romero. These two ordinary citizens used publicly The US economy added 266,000 jobs in April, far fewer than SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3ct1wyg) available data to show that excess deaths during the crisis - economists had predicted. President Biden has said his Surviving Guantanamo that’s the total number of extra deaths compared to previous economic plan is working despite the disappointing numbers. years - was four times higher than the confirmed Covid 19 We get analysis from Diane Swonk, chief economist at After 9/11 the USA began a programme of 'extraordinary deaths. accountancy firm Grant Thornton in Chicago. rendition', moving prisoners between countries without legal Also in the programme, Kai Ryssdal from our US partners representation. Mohamedou Ould Slahi from Mauritania was Marketplace talks to Dr Scott Anzalone in Logan, Ohio, about a one of those detained at the US military facility in Cuba, (Mexican Red Cross ambulances transfer Covid-19 patients to shortage of doctors in his town. Guantanamo Bay. He tells Rebecca Kesby how he was tortured emergency rooms that still have beds. Credit: Alfredo And the BBC's Justin Rowlatt finds out whether electric cars by American military personnel, and held for 15 years without Estrella/Getty Images) are likely to become dominant more quickly than had charge. He's written a best-selling book about his experiences, previously been expected. 'Guantanamo diary', which has recently been made into a film. Plus, we hear how delivery drivers in Indonesia are using apps SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w2z43) to conceal their real locations in order to secure more business, (PHOTO: Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Guantanamo Bay prisoner The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. from Vice reporter Rida Qadri. who wrote a book about his experiences in the military prison, poses on October 18, 2016 in Nouakchott, after he was reunited Rahul Tandon is joined throughout the programme by Peter with his family in his native Mauritania. (Photo credit SAT 06:06 Weekend (w172xyt4r1lfcd6) Ryan, ABC's senior business correspondent in Sydney. STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images) Indian Prime Minister Modi expected to ask West to waive Covid vaccine patents (Picture: A 'now hiring' sign. Credit: Getty Images) SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w2qmv) The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to ask The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Western countries to waive patents for Covid-19 vaccines. It SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w2h4l) comes amid a devastating surge of Covid infections across The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. India, which is now making its way into rural communities that SAT 04:06 The Real Story (w3ct1hsb) are badly equipped to deal with the virus. Germany after Merkel SAT 02:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfhz0533v) Also in the programme: The United States has called for a de- The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen Angela Merkel is the longest serving leader in the European escalation of tensions in Jerusalem after nearly two hundred Union. Known as Mutti, or mother, to her supporters, Merkel is Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police, and is credited with keeping Germany stable in the midst of global and ballet on point when it comes to issues of power imbalance and SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbb0grvdz) European crises with her steely yet non-confrontational style of diversity? The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. leadership. But the German Chancellor is stepping down later this year when the country goes to polls. Voters will then decide To discuss these stories and more, Celia Hatton is joined by whether to choose a successor who'll maintain her style, or back Maya Goodfellow a London based writer and academic SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3ct1lbc) more dramatic change. Support for Mrs Merkel’s CDU has specialising in race and immigration, and Rami Khouri, a 'Corruptors are getting more sophisticated' dropped after a series of unpopular lockdowns and a patchy professor of journalism and a non-resident senior fellow at the coronavirus vaccine rollout. The Greens, who are promising Kennedy School of Harvard University in Boston. On this week's Stumped podcast Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell more climate-friendly policies at home and a pivot towards and Charu Sharma discuss the suspension of the IPL. They ask Nato and the United States abroad, are polling well. And the far (Photo: An Indian man receives a dose of a vaccine against whether the decision has to come too later and debate what will right still garners hundreds of thousands of votes. So what does COVID-19, during a vaccination campaign at KC General happen next for cricket in India. the future hold for Germany after 16 years of Angela Merkel? Hospital in Bangalore, India. Credit: EPA/JAGADEESH NV) Will it now enter a period of uncertainty after years of stability? Plus the team are joined by Alex Marshall, the ICC Anti- Does it have the right leadership to navigate the uncertainties of Corruption Unit General Manager. He tells us what they do to a post-Covid economic recovery? And how will it balance the SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w32w7) tackle corruption and how convicted cricketers are helped economic and strategic interests of the United States and EU on The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. following a ban. one side, and Russia and China on the other? Ritula Shah is joined by a panel of experts. We hear from Scottish cricketer Abtaha Maqsood on Ramadan, SAT 07:06 Weekend (w172xyt4r1lfh4b) wearing a Hijab and preparing to play for the Birmingham Violent clashes in Jerusalem between Israeli police and Phoenix in the Hundred. SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w2vcz) Palestinian protesters The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Photo: A cricket ball is caught in a pair of wicket keeping There's been unrest in Jerusalem over the potential eviction of gloves with a fan of Australian fifty dollar notes (Credit: Getty Palestinian families from land claimed by Israeli settlers. images) SAT 05:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfhz05gc7) Hundreds of people, both protesters, and police were wounded The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen in the clashes.

SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w2lwq) Also in the programme: results are coming in from Britain's The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbb0gs6nc) biggest polls since the 2019 General Election; and the The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. extraordinary stories of Jewish families who used classified adverts in the Guardian newspaper to flee the Holocaust and SAT 03:06 The Fifth Floor (w3ct20dv) save their loved ones. Women and peace in Afghanistan SAT 05:32 Trending (w3ct2dmk) The Anti-Vax Files To discuss these stories and more, Celia Hatton is joined by The BBC Media Action team in Afghanistan recently went on Maya Goodfellow, a London based writer and academic the road with their programme Open Jirga to hear about Vaccine heroes fight back specialising in race and immigration, and Rami Khouri, women’s hopes and fears for any peace deal between the professor of journalism and a non-resident senior fellow at the Afghan government and the Taliban. Presenter Shazia Haya Nicole is a paediatrician in Ohio who was shocked when she Kennedy School of Harvard University in Boston. heard from the ambitious young women of Herat’s all-female received a ton of nasty comments on one of her online videos. robotics team, and from women in the Taliban heartland city of Her “mistake” was providing reliable, evidence-based (Photo: Israeli police aim their weapons during clashes with Kandahar who risked their lives to have their voices heart. information about vaccines. Palestinians in the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, May 7, 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Ammar Baghdad's graffiti artists It meant that anti-vaccine activists targeted her. But with the Awad) A group of graffiti artists in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have help of a group of volunteer medical professionals called Shots been painting murals and portraits in poor, rundown areas of the Heard Around the World, she led a fight back against abuse and city. The artworks feature famous people and local folk heroes, disinformation. SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w36mc) as BBC Arabic’s Haddad Salih explains. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. The pandemic is far from over – but there are signs that science Who is the new president of Tanzania? is winning out over hardcore anti-vaccine lies. President Samia Suluhu Hassan took office less than two SAT 08:06 Weekend (w172xyt4r1lflwg) months ago after the sudden death of her predecessor, John In the final episode of the series, we reveal the extent of Hundreds injured in unrest in Jerusalem Magufuli. She has already shown a very different style of vaccine disinformation in countries around the world. And we leadership. Zuhura Yunus of BBC Swahili introduces us to meet some of the volunteers on the frontlines of the push back. There's been growing unrest over the potential eviction of Tanzania's first female president. Palestinian families from the area, which culminated in a night They’re filling in some of the gaps, but shouldn’t that be the job of violence that left around 200 people injured, including some Egypt's female folk singers of the social media companies? We police. Folk music in Egypt has traditionally been the domain of men. quiz a Facebook executive about whether their policies and But an all-female folk group called Tablet El Sitt, 'the woman's systems are really working. Also in the programme: can the Tokyo Olympics still go ahead drum', is reviving old songs sung by and about women. Aya despite the ongoing pandemic? Hashim of BBC Arabic has been investigating. Presenter: Mike Wendling Reporter: Marianna Spring (Photo:Palestinians react as Israeli police fire stun grenades Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ World Service Listings for 8 – 14 May 2021 Page 2 of 16 during clashes at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque. SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w3g3m) superstars and reveals how becoming an online sensation Credit: REUTERS/Ammar Awad) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. changed their life.

So many people spend their time chasing the allure of fame, SAT 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbb0gskwr) SAT 10:06 Sportshour (w172y0pxtb1kw48) however, very few ever reach the level of world-wide The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Janelly Farias – the 'Mexican Rapinoe' recognition that viral phenomena obtain almost overnight.

Club America defender Janelly Farias tells us how taking a Colm tracks down the people he watched online growing up, to SAT 08:32 The Conversation (w3ct1p6g) stand on social issues has led to people in her home country find out what happened to them after their initial viral fame Nurses on the frontline: A year on likening her to USA star Megan Rapinoe. The comparisons faded. He visits people who amassed hundreds of millions of were intended as an insult but Farias takes them as a worldwide views and embedded themselves in the minds of a In April 2020, Kim Chakanetsa spoke to two young nurses who compliment and the two women have exchanged messages on generation. were putting their lives on the line by treating the sickest social media this week. Farias – who is LGBTQ+ - also tells us covid-19 patients in intensive care units. At that point, only a her family didn’t want her to be a footballer and that they A child of the internet’s early days, Colm felt the thrill of couple of months into a global pandemic, they were exhausted rejected her when she got her first girlfriend. They’ve since watching and sharing videos that seemed real and raw. Now, a but optimistic about things getting better. Kim catches up with reunited and she’s targeting playing for Mexico at the 2023 decade on, he’ll find the stars of those videos – the ones that them and asks how they are coping a year on after another wave World Cup. gained popularity before the times of social media influencers of infections and an incresing death toll. and vlogger personalities. Anna Rutherford joins us to reflect on smashing the record for Hannah Grey is a 24-year-old nurse based in London. She running the two hundred and twelve mile Southern Upland Way He finds out what it was like to be in that whirlwind and worked as a busy Intensive Care Unit for both waves of virus in Scotland. She completed the run in sixty two hours and thirty discover the opportunities and challenges that going viral infections, but has since moved on to a children’s critical unit. four minutes to break the previous record by seventeen hours. presents. She has launched her own podcast, What Makes a Nurse?, Colm meets Rebecca Black, whose song, Friday, gained sharing the stories of the many skilled nurses she met during the Iddrisu Ismael – who could be the biggest Tranmere Rovers fan international renown. He finds out how the reaction to the pandemic, as they came to help on the ICU. in Ghana – tells us about supporting a club in the fourth division record impacted her life and shaped her future. He catches up of English football and how it would be a dream to see a game with Tay Zonday, the man behind Chocolate Rain and Judson Bianca Dintino is a 27-year-old critical care nurse based at at Prenton Park. Fellow Rovers fan – Richard Davies – also Laipply, star of Evolution of Dance – potentially YouTube’s Tufts Medical Center in Boston. She was one of the first nurses joins us to discuss his friendship with Iddrisu and how he’s first ever viral hit. to volunteer to care for coronavirus patients last year, and trying to raise money to help his footballing dream come true. credits her colleagues with keeping her going. Bianca got (Photo: Colm Flynn (L) and Rebecca Black (R). Credit: Colm married during the pandemic, and has been trying to find the Tom "Gordy" Drury recently skateboarded four thousand Flynn) joy in a difficult year. kilometres along the eastern coast of Australia from Melbourne to Cairns to raise money to help build a skate park in Laos. He Produced by Rosie Stopher tells us about run ins with deadly snakes, near misses with SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w3tc0) traffic, why he’ll never do it again and what his next adventure The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. IMAGE DETAILS: is. L: Bianca Dintino (credit Anne Marie) R: Hannah Gray (credit Simi Sebastian) In Sporting Witness, we go back to the 1992 Olympics in SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172xv52fq3lsnm) Barcelona for the story of Indonesian badminton legend, Susi India's Covid-19 Deaths Reach Record High Susanti, who made history as her country’s first-ever gold SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w3bch) medallist. As the number of coronavirus deaths in India reaches a new The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. record,coronavirus. That's around a third of the global total. Former New Zealand captain and host of The Players podcast - Prime minister Narendra Modi, is asking European leaders to Rebecca Smith – looks ahead to this weekend’s title decider in waive patents for Covid vaccines. A doctor in rural Northern SAT 09:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct2d5m) the Women’s Super League and the BBC’s Vicki Sparks is live Maharashtra describes the shortages of equipment and beds and Coronavirus: Pilots and trainee doctors at Elland Road ahead of Leeds United’s game against patients dying on arrival. Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. The pandemic has caused millions of job losses during the past Also in the programme; A Burmese teacher living in Japan year. The travel industry is one area that has been badly Photo via Getty Images: Janelly Farias Rodriguez of Mexico in helps aspiring young students back home to get qualifications affected as many countries closed their borders or restricted action during the friendly women football match played and scholarships to study abroad; and the venue for the UEFA entry. As a result, thousands of pilots are no longer flying and between Spain and Mexico at Municipal Marbella Stadium. Champions League final is thrown into dispute due to Covid are out of work. Host Nuala McGovern hears from two pilots in travel restrictions. Canada and the UK about what it’s like to lose a job that’s part of your identity and what the future has in store. SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w3kvr) (Photo: Covid-19 Hospital in India. Credit: Getty Images) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. We also return to the emergency situation in India. We hear from medical students and junior doctors about how the SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w3y34) pandemic means they have to delay internships, training and SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfhz065v0) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. graduations to treat Covid patients. They tell us about the The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen emotional strain when they find themselves in a situation of “playing God” and having to decide whose lives to try and save. SAT 14:06 Sportsworld (w172y0t6l7gbkty) Plus, we discuss the anxiety of living thousands of miles away SAT 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbb0gsy44) Live Sporting Action from relatives in India and being concerned for their safety - The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. especially when one of them works in a hospital and treats We’re approaching the end of the football season and coronavirus cases. Sportsworld's Lee James will be joined by three winners - SAT 11:32 WorklifeIndia (w3ct2f32) Arsenal invincible Lauren, Premier League winner Andy King (Photo: Steve Zago Credit: Steve Zago) Tackling India’s oxygen crisis and WSL winner Lianne Sanderson - to discuss the final weeks of the season and the Champions League final. A devastating wave of coronavirus infections in India has seen SAT 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbb0gspmw) crematoriums overwhelmed and hospitals reeling under a We react to the early kick off between Leeds United v The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. massive oxygen shortage. Tottenham Hotspur and have commentary of Sheffield United v Crystal Palace. There have been a record number of Covid cases and deaths. SAT 09:32 The Lazarus Heist (w3ct2f8w) This exponential surge has swamped the healthcare system. We’ll also preview one of the fights of the year so far as Saul 2: Hacking Hollywood Patients are seen dying in ambulances and parking lots outside Alvarez takes on Billy Joe Saunders in a middleweight title hospitals – many of them gasping for breath due to a lack of unification fight. There’ll also be updates from the Madrid A comedy plot, Kim Jong-un and a devastating cyber-attack. oxygen, which is vital for those infected. There have been Open tennis, Spanish Grand Prix and the latest from European The story of the Sony hack. How the Lazarus Group hackers reports of hoarding and even black marketing as relatives Football Leagues. caused mayhem in Hollywood and for Sony Pictures scramble to arrange medical oxygen for their friends and kin. Entertainment. Photo: Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha and Ethan Ampadu of And this is just the beginning… What has led to this crippling shortage and what can be done to Sheffield United battle for possession. 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SAT 09:50 Over to You (w3ct1l1b) Contributors: Dr Sudhanshu Bankata, executive director, Batra The art of the two-minute news bulletin Hospital; Puneet Singh, trustee, Khalsa Aid; Gautam Raj SAT 18:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfhz0711x) Anand, Mission Oxygen India The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen As part of the BBC drive to connect with younger audiences, we hear from the team behind Global Newsbeat - and ask if you can really provide comprehensive news in just two minutes. SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w3plw) SAT 18:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbb0gtsc1) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Plus, a mother’s love for her transgender daughter, the potential need for a password to access the BBC news pages and details of an extra £94.4m in funding for BBC World Service. SAT 12:06 The Documentary (w3ct1d21) SAT 18:32 Trending (w3ct2dmk) My viral video and me [Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 today] Presenter: Rajan Datar Producer: Howard Shannon. Colm Flynn tracks down the internet's original viral video Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ World Service Listings for 8 – 14 May 2021 Page 3 of 16 SAT 18:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct1l83) Biig Piig, Nayana IZ, Puma Blue and Louis Culture explore the helped covid vaccine development and the success of covid Indonesia's badminton heroine power of community, how social media has affected the way vaccines may now help to speed up the rollout of malaria they make music, and what it's like to make music as an vaccines. In 1992, badminton legend Susi Susanti won the first ever introvert. Olympic Gold medal for Indonesia. It was the first time that Covid vaccines may also help to treat those who have symptoms badminton had been included as an Olympic sport in the games, Biig Piig blends soul-tinged melodies over hip-hop and pop of long covid – a range of immune system issues that develop giving them a special significance for Susi's badminton- beats with lyrics in English and Spanish. After growing up sometimes months after the initial infection. Yale University obsessed home country. For Susi, it was also a moment when between Ireland and Spain, she moved to London and joined immunologist Akiko Kawasaki is embarking on a research she could show her national pride as an Indonesian who hailed the Nine8 music collective alongside Nayana IZ. project to assess the impact. If you’d like to take part, have yet from the nation's ethnic Chinese minority. She talks to Jill to be vaccinated, and live in Connecticut in the US, email Achineku. The programme is a Whistledown Production. Born in India and raised in North London, Nayana was named [email protected]. on BBC Asian Network's 2020 Future Sounds list and last year PHOTO: Susi Susanti in action (AFP/Getty Images) released her debut EP Smoke & Fly. And in India scientists are calling on the government to make all data on Covid more widely available. At present Indian Puma Blue is a musician and songwriter originally from South bureaucracy means statistics on infection rates, variants and SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w4jts) London, now based in Atlanta. His first two EPs have built up recovery are not distributed widely. Science journalist TV The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. millions of streams and he recently dropped his debut album In Padma says greater access to the data could help more scientists Praise of Shadows to critical acclaim. come together to work on solutions to India’s Covid crisis.

SAT 19:06 The Documentary (w3ct2fpf) Also representing South London is rapper and lyricist Louis And, Have you taken classes to learn a new sport or musical Our story Culture, who released his debut EP Smile Soundsystem last year instrument or a language? It’s hard work! Why is it that as and has worked with Frank Ocean producer Vegyn. children we effortlessly absorb new skills and we don’t as For the past seven years, Marlo has been making a podcast adults? about life as a single mum raising her transgender daughter. In this programme Marlo reaches out to parents of transgender SAT 23:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w50t9) That’s what 50-something listener Gary Grief wondered about children and adults from around the world, who she has The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. playing guitar. Do you need to play more frequently as an adult connected with through her podcast. From the mother of a to attain the same level of expertise? Does the 10,000-hours Fa’afafine girl in Samoa, to a single mother who had to move theory still apply? her family from Italy to Spain to keep them safe from SAT 23:06 The Newsroom (w172xywm27dkbc8) transphobia, to a father in India who supported his daughter The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen Presenter and budding tabla-player Anand Jagatia embarks on a who suffered from depression before she was able to transition, musical journey to discover what neuroscience can tell us about Marlo finds that across cultures, the experience of raising a muscle memory and learning. Do musicians and sportsmen transgender child connects her with these parents. SAT 23:20 Sports News (w172y0sd4hvpczx) share the same challenges? By understanding what’s happening BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from in the brain, can we learn how to learn better? around the world. SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w4nkx) With tabla-teacher Satvinder Sehmbey, neuroscientist Dr The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Jessica Grahn, viola-player Dr Molly Gebrian and sports SAT 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbb0gvd2p) scientist Prof Yannis Pitsiladis. The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct1rsv) (Image: An artist’s interpretation of Mtoto’s burial Credit: Actor Michael B. Jordan Fernando Fueyo) SAT 23:32 The Cultural Frontline (w3ct1pdx) Joining Nikki Bedi for The Arts Hour this week are British film Opera singer Joshua Hopkins: Remembering my sister in song critic Catherine Bray and Nigerian artist Williams Chechet who SUN 02:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w5d1p) has been described as the African Andy Warhol Joshua Hopkins is an award-winning Canadian baritone who is The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. using his voice to call out violence against women, after the loss American actor Michael B. Jordan talks about his relationship of his sister in 2015. Joshua tells Sophia Smith Galer how with writer and director Ryan Coogler collaborating with Booker Prize winning author Margaret SUN 02:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfhz0800y) Atwood on Songs for Murdered Sisters offers consolation, The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen Jamaican actor Adjani Salmon on how his career took off after while opening up conversation about gender-based violence the success of his web series, Dreaming Whilst Black across the world. SUN 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbb0gvrb2) Irish singer songwriter Imelda May on her new album, Eleven Sun and Sea is a Lithuanian production that takes its The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Past the Hour international audiences on a playful trip to the beach. For The Cultural Frontline, the director Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė and writer American actor Aubrey Plaza talks about her very meta new Vaiva Grainytė share how they use humour to highlight the SUN 02:32 Health Check (w3ct1nv5) movie within a movie, Black Bear climate crisis. Tanzania's new Covid prevention measures

Indian environmental journalist and filmmaker Swati Opera is an enduring, evolving art form, but is everyone As Tanzania announces new Covid prevention measures after Thiyagarajan on her Oscar winning documentary My Octopus invited? Rising stars J’Nai Bridges from the US, Angélica the new president instigates a change in response to the Teacher Negrón from Puerto Rico and Adrian Angelico from Norway pandemic, correspondent Rhoda Odhiambo discusses the tell Sophia how they’re opening up the genre to make it more implications for the country. And celebrating the Windrush And Nikki hears about the World Service’s new musical theatre inclusive, on and off stage. generation in theatre - nurses who came to the UK from the production, U.Me The Musical, which has been written for Caribbean to work in the NHS share their memories in a new radio and can be experienced globally. Plus, has a song, a poem or a book ever changed the course of play. Plus Claudia talks to Mohsen Rajabi about his new your life? South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu shares the work research surveying Mental Health in Iran - both parents and that set her on a different path. children - after 16 months of school closures and hears from 18 (Photo: Michael B. Jordan. Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty year old Parnia Abharian about her first hand experience. And Images) Presenter: Sophia Smith Galer the science of a baby's first poo!

Presenter: Claudia Hammond SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172xzjhw8w4sb1) Producer: Erika Wright The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. (Photo: Joshua Hopkins. Credit: Songs for Murdered Sisters, (Picture: People come to wash their hands with chlorinated directed by James Niebuhr) water in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in March 2020. Photo credit: SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172xv52fq3mrmn) Ericky Boniphace/AFP/Getty Images.) Schoolgirls targeted in Kabul bombing

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Charlie Faulkner went to meet one militant attack on a girls' school in Afghanistan has risen to at determined shop owner in the capital Kabul. least fifty. There were multiple blasts as children were leaving Get in touch: [email protected] the school in the capital, Kabul. We get the latest from there. Last Wednesday marked 200 years since the death of Napoleon Presenter: Mariana Des Forges Bonaparte – one of France’s most revered military generals, Also on the programme: India's struggle with the second wave Producer: Mariana Des Forges who eventually met his defeat in the Battle of Waterloo. of Covid infections continues and has now hit the city of Opinion was sharply divided as to whether the anniversary Bangalore; and we hear about a second night of clashes between Picture: Norman Ollestad should be commemorated or not. He’s hailed by some as a pillar Israeli police and Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Credit: Courtesy of Norman Ollestad of national history. 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She earned her Israel defends action against Palestinian protests PhD in American Studies at the University of Maryland; Kamil The noises that make us cringe Ruszala, Assistant Professor of History at Jagiellonian Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended University in Kraków whose research focuses on the modern police action against Palestinian protesters after two nights of Why do some people find noises like a fork scraping a plate so Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ World Service Listings for 8 – 14 May 2021 Page 6 of 16 terrible? asks Findlay in Aberdeenshire. Rutherford and Fry The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Improvement in weather leads to a big jump in migrants endure some horrible noises to find out the answer. arriving in the last 24 hours. One boat carried almost 400 men, women and children. 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Guests: MON 06:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5dm6g) Nancy Kacungira, journalist, BBC Africa The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. MON 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s3bq7) Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, environmental activist and member The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. of Chad’s pastoralist Mbororo people and Earthshot Prize Council MON 06:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgsltp76) Nigel Crawhall, chief of section, local and indigenous Concern of violence ahead of annual Jerusalem Day Flag March MON 09:32 CrowdScience (w3ct1pqb) knowledge systems, UNESCO Why is learning stuff harder as you get older? Aida Sanchez, assistant professor at Norwegian University of Jewish ultra-nationalists are due to parade near the Muslim Life Sciences quarter in the old city today. Have you taken classes to learn a new sport or musical instrument or a language? It’s hard work! Why is it that as Presenters: Neal Razzell and Graihagh Jackson The search is on in Lebanon to find out why 40 tonnes of dead children we effortlessly absorb new skills and we don’t as Producer: Darin Graham fish floated up to the surface in one of the country's biggest adults? Researcher: Zoe Gelber reservoirs. Editor: Emma Rippon That’s what 50-something listener Gary Grief wondered about And we'll find out more about Australia's first female space playing guitar. Do you need to play more frequently as an adult commander. to attain the same level of expertise? Does the 10,000-hours MON 03:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5d7z2) theory still apply? The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. MON 07:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5dqyl) Presenter and budding tabla-player Anand Jagatia embarks on a The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. musical journey to discover what neuroscience can tell us about MON 03:06 Deeply Human (w3ct051p) muscle memory and learning. Do musicians and sportsmen [Repeat of broadcast at 10:06 on Sunday] share the same challenges? By understanding what’s happening MON 07:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgsltszb) in the brain, can we learn how to learn better? Lampedusa: 1000 migrants arrive on Italian island in one day MON 03:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s2m7g) With tabla-teacher Satvinder Sehmbey, neuroscientist Dr Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ World Service Listings for 8 – 14 May 2021 Page 7 of 16 Jessica Grahn, viola-player Dr Molly Gebrian and sports There has been growing anger around the possible eviction of with shared experiences. Today we hear from three people who scientist Prof Yannis Pitsiladis. 300 Palestinians from their East Jerusalem homes. We speak to were vaccine sceptics but changed their minds. We hear why a Palestinian lawyer and a senior adviser to the Israeli Prime they were fearful of being vaccinated and what made them Presented by Anand Jagatia Minister. change their minds. Produced by Dom Byrne for the BBC World Service Also on the programme: There’s been a deadly bomb attack on Hundreds of people have been injured in clashes between [Image: Adult and Child learning Piano. Credit: Getty Images] a bus in Afghanistan shortly before the Taliban announced a Israeli police and Palestinians around Al-Aqsa mosque in three-day ceasefire to mark the end of Ramadan; and on climate Jerusalem, ahead of a planned Jewish nationalist march in the change, we speak to the special adviser on climate action at the city. The BBC’s diplomatic correspondent answers your MON 10:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5f35z) UNHCR. questions about what’s happened and the conflict between Israel The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. and the Palestinians. We’ll also hear from people living in (Picture: Medical aid workers carry an injured person on a Jerusalem to find out what it’s like living in the city. stretcher as clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians MON 10:06 The Cultural Frontline (w3ct1pdx) continue in Jerusalem Credit: EPA/ATEF SAFADI) And our regular medical doctor, Professor Manfred Green, [Repeat of broadcast at 23:32 on Saturday] professor of epidemiology in the school of public health at the University of Haifa in Israel will answer your questions on the MON 15:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5fpxm) latest coronavirus stories. MON 10:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s3ggc) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. (Photo: A health worker gives a shot of COVID-19 vaccine to a woman. Credit EPA) MON 15:06 HARDtalk (w3ct1n5n) MON 10:32 Trending (w3ct2dmk) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 on Saturday] MON 18:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5g250) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. MON 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s4260) MON 10:50 More or Less (w3ct2djx) The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. [Repeat of broadcast at 05:50 on Saturday] MON 18:06 Outlook (w3ct1jsz) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today] MON 15:32 World Business Report (w172y47xj93zy1g) MON 11:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5f6y3) Fears over US fuel shortage amid cyber-attack The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. MON 18:50 Witness History (w3ct1x0r) The US has acted to keep fuel flowing after a major pipeline [Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today] was hit by a cyber-attack. Energy analyst Gaurav Sharma MON 11:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79htxc) explains the significance of the Colonial Pipeline, which carries The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 45% of the east coast's supply of diesel, petrol and jet fuel from MON 19:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5g5x4) the Gulf of Mexico. And Algirde Pipikaite is a cyber security The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. expert at the World Economic Forum who discusses how the MON 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s3l6h) pipeline was shut down by cyber criminals. Also in the The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. programme, we take a close look at Nigeria's electricity MON 19:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79jswd) challenge, which means around 40% of the country having no The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen access to official supplies. Victor Agbro runs a printing MON 11:32 The Conversation (w3ct1p6h) company in Lagos, and tells us he has to run diesel generators to [Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today] ensure a steady flow of power to his printing presses. We hear MON 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s4k5j) from Yadviga Semikolenova, who is the World Bank's lead The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. energy economist for Nigeria, about a recent $500m loan to the MON 12:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5fbp7) country to shore up the power sector. And we get the The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. government's perspective from Ahmad Zakari, who is special MON 19:32 Sport Today (w172y0n9944k1qh) adviser to President Buhari on infrastructure. Plus, researchers 2021/05/10 GMT have created a cricket bat made out of bamboo, rather than the MON 12:06 Outlook (w3ct1jsz) traditional willow, which they say is cheaper and more BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top The music star who was born into a cult sustainable. We hear more about the idea from Ben Tinkler- sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the Davies of the University of Cambridge, who was on the world. Mikel Jollett started life in a California-based cult called research team. Synanon. What began as a drug rehabilitation programme that helped his father kick a heroin addiction later turned into a cult (Picture: Holding tanks for the Colonial Pipeline in Maryland. MON 20:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5g9n8) where children were taken away from their parents at just six Picture credit: EPA.) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. months old and married couples were forced to split up and take new partners. As the cult turned increasingly violent, Mikel’s mother managed to escape with him and his brother, but MON 16:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5ftnr) MON 20:06 The Climate Question (w3ct2dqf) Mikel’s hardships didn’t end there. For years he never spoke The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. [Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today] about his childhood. It was only later - when he discovered a love for music and formed a successful band, The Airborne Toxic Event - that he began to open up and write about those MON 16:06 BBC OS (w172xxxh9w8wtm6) MON 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s4nxn) early years. Mikel’s book is called Hollywood Park. Jerusalem violence: Clashes between Israeli police and The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Palestinians Get in touch: [email protected] Hundreds of people have been injured in clashes between MON 20:32 Discovery (w3ct2g6b) (Photo: Mikel Jollett performs with The Airborne Toxic Event Israeli police and Palestinians around Al-Aqsa mosque in Patient zero: Spillover in suburbia in 2015. Credit: Andrew Benge/Redferns/Getty Images) Jerusalem, ahead of a planned Jewish nationalist march in the city. The BBC’s diplomatic correspondent answers your Episode One: Spillover in Suburbia questions about what’s happened and the conflict between Israel MON 12:50 Witness History (w3ct1x0r) and the Palestinians. You can send your question to us on A horse mysteriously falls ill in her paddock, and before long [Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today] WhatsApp +447730 751925. dozens of other horses from her stables are sick. As the horses start to die vicious, painful deaths, their trainer falls into a coma Also, we return to Afghanistan, where more than 60 people, and is placed into intensive care. The race is on to figure out MON 13:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5fgfc) mostly girls, are now known to have died in a school attack that what's making both species sick, and where it came from. What The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. hit students as they left class on Saturday. We hear reaction they find will resonate throughout the following decades and from women living through the violence. might help us uncover the origins of COVID-19.

MON 13:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79j2dm) And our regular medical expert, Dr Eleanor Murray, assistant Presented by Olivia Willis The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health, will talk us through the latest coronavirus stories Patient Zero is a production of ABC Science, Radio National, and answer more of your questions. We will also hear a and the BBC World Service. MON 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s3tpr) conversation between former Covid vaccine sceptics, and find The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. out why they changed their minds. Picture: Wild horses, Credit: Phil Copp/Getty Images

(Photo: Israeli police clash with Palestinians at the compound MON 13:32 CrowdScience (w3ct1pqb) that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, 10/05/2021. Credit: MON 21:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5gfdd) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:32 today] Reuters) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

MON 14:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5fl5h) MON 17:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5fydw) MON 21:06 Newshour (w172xv52szdydq0) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Airstrikes hit Gaza after rockets target Jerusalem

The authorities in Gaza say 20 people, including children, have MON 14:06 Newshour (w172xv52szdxkh3) MON 17:06 BBC OS (w172xxxh9w8wycb) been killed in Israeli airstrikes, which came after militants in Hundreds are injured in clashes between Israeli police and Coronavirus conversations: Vaccine sceptics Gaza target Jerusalem with rocket fire.The past few days have Palestinians in East Jerusalem seen the worst violence in Jerusalem for years, with hundreds of We continue to bring people together facing the coronavirus Palestinians wounded in confrontations with Israeli police Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ World Service Listings for 8 – 14 May 2021 Page 8 of 16 outside the al-Aqsa mosque. All this and more discussed with our two guests on opposite writer Simon Pitts, composer and lyricist Theo Jamieson sides of the globe: Erin Delmore, political reporter in New York (musical supervisor of West End hit Everybody’s Talking About Also in the programme: a cyber attack shuts down one the most City and Patrick Barta, Asia Enterprise Editor for the Wall Jamie), plus Grammy Award-winning record producer Steve important fuel pipelines in the US; and how Sweden's Street Journal, in Bangkok. Levine. The trio are at the heart of a large cast of artistic reputation for safety has been challenged by the killings of six talents, all of whom contribute to the final work. women in less than five weeks. TUE 02:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5h141) Via a combination of video calls, exclusive access to the fully Image: An injured Palestinian man in Jerusalem. Credit: EPA The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Covid-19 compliant bubble of London rehearsal rooms, actual production recordings featuring the socially distanced BBC Philharmonic, and contributions from show leads Anoushka MON 22:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5gk4j) TUE 02:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79kn39) Lucas and Martin Sarreal, actor and writer Mathew Horne The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen (Gavin Shipman in BAFTA-winning BBC TV series Gavin and Stacey) examines the creative process behind this unique radio production. MON 22:06 HARDtalk (w3ct1n5n) TUE 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s5ddf) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today] The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Presenter: Mathew Horne Producer: Lewis Borg-Cardona A Magnum Opus Broadcasting production for the BBC World MON 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s4xdx) TUE 02:32 The Documentary (w3ct2fnt) Service The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Bob Marley: An extraordinary day Image: Martin Sarreal and Anoushka Lucas (Credit: BBC) Forty years after the death of reggae singer Bob Marley, British MON 22:32 The Conversation (w3ct1p6h) writer and dub poet, Benjamin Zephaniah, remembers the day [Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today] Jamaica came to a standstill for the singer’s funeral. TUE 05:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5hdcf) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Bob Marley was laid to rest on the 21 May 1981, 11 days after MON 23:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5gnwn) dying from skin cancer. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. TUE 05:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgslxgd5) The extraordinary day saw the island come together to mourn Pleas for calm as Jerusalem violence escalates their most famous son – and to celebrate his life and work. He MON 23:06 The Newsroom (w172xywmfhpvzfm) was more than a singer and writer to the people of Jamaica, he The US, the European Union and the UK call for an end to The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen was a national hero and prophet with his beliefs in peaceful retaliatory attacks by Israelis and Palestinians resolution and Rastafarian religion. There are growing concerns that African countries could see an MON 23:20 Sports News (w172y0sdhs50128) For days leading up to the funeral, tens of thousands of people Indian style covid disaster as vaccine mistrust leads to a spike in BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from filed past his body and on the day, thousands lined the streets of cases. around the world. Kingston while the 12,000 capacity National Arena was jam- packed. And we go to Jamaica to mark the anniversary of the passing of one of the all-time greats: Bob Marley. MON 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s5151) The outpouring of emotion on the day was unprecedented in The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Jamaican history with some comparing it to the kind of atmosphere at JFK or Martin Luther King’s funeral. TUE 06:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5hj3k) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. MON 23:32 World Business Report (w172y48qz0qq6fs) As Benjamin recalls with some of the people who were in Fears over US fuel shortage amid cyber-attack Jamaica that day, everything stopped - even the Government’s budget statement was delayed by a week on the direction of the TUE 06:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgslxl49) The US has acted to keep fuel flowing after a major pipeline new Prime Minister. Jerusalem crisis: retaliatory violence escalates was hit by a cyber-attack. Ellen R Wald, president of Transversal Consulting, explains the significance of the The singer’s hits could be heard right across the island as sound Israel's military launches air strikes against militant targets in Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of the east coast's supply systems pumped out songs like No Woman, No Cry, I Shot the Gaza in retaliation for rockets fired into Jerusalem. Twenty of diesel, petrol and jet fuel from the Gulf of Mexico and the Sheriff and One Love. Meanwhile two of his sons danced and people, including children, are reported to have died. shutdown's impact. Algirde Pipikaite is a cyber security expert the Wailers and the I Three performed. at the World Economic Forum who discusses how the pipeline A grim discovery on the banks of the Ganges in northern India was shut down by cyber criminals. Also in the programme, we Among those remembering this extraordinary day – I Three as a number of bodies are washed up on its shores. take a close look at Nigeria's electricity challenge, which means singer Judy Mowatt, reggae musician Michael Ibo Cooper, around 40% of the country having no access to official supplies. reporter Robin Denselow and Edward Williams who was a And how would you feel about getting a Covid vaccine... in Victor Agbro runs a printing company in Lagos, and tells us he 13-year-old boy living in Kingston at the time. Count Dracula's castle? has to run diesel generators to ensure a steady flow of power to his printing presses. We hear from Yadviga Semikolenova, who (Photo: Bob Marley performing at the Brighton Leisure Centre. is the World Bank's lead energy economist for Nigeria, about a Credit: Mike Prior/Redferns/Getty Images) TUE 07:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5hmvp) recent $500m loan to the country to shore up the power sector. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. And we get the government's perspective from Ahmad Zakari, who is special adviser to President Buhari on infrastructure. TUE 03:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5h4w5) Plus, researchers have created a cricket bat made out of The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. TUE 07:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgslxpwf) bamboo, rather than the traditional willow, which they say is Emergency UN meeting over Jerusalem crisis cheaper and more sustainable. We hear more about the idea from Ben Tinkler-Davies of the University of Cambridge, who TUE 03:06 Outlook (w3ct1jsz) There've been calls for Israel and the Palestinians to stop tit-for- was on the research team. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Monday] tat attacks after a day of escalating violence centred on Jerusalem. (Picture: Holding tanks for the Colonial Pipeline in Maryland. Picture credit: EPA.) TUE 03:50 Witness History (w3ct1x0r) China's population is growing at the slowest rate in a decades - [Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Monday] so what will the long term impact be on society there?

And a new Sabre-Toothed Cat species is discovered - an animal TUESDAY 11 MAY 2021 TUE 04:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5h8m9) big enough to hunt rhinos across America more than 5 million The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. years ago. TUE 01:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5gxcx) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. TUE 04:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79kwlk) TUE 08:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5hrlt) The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. TUE 01:06 Business Matters (w172xvqb392d8pm) Colonial Pipeline to attempt gradual reopening TUE 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s5mwp) TUE 08:06 People Fixing the World (w3ct1pks) The Colonial fuel pipeline, shut down by a cyber attack since The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Turning oil platforms into reefs Friday, serves 45% of America's east coast. A regional state of emergency has been declared, allowing tanker drivers to work There are thousands of oil and gas platforms in the world’s extra hours to get some fuel where it's needed – but will they be TUE 04:32 In the Studio (w3ct1tcx) oceans and in the coming decades many will become obsolete. able to keep up with demand? We ask Ellen R Ward, president The making of U.Me: The Musical Some people think that instead of treating them as industrial of Transversal Consulting. Is it a surprise that criminals were waste, we should embrace the ecosystems they’ve created and able to hack into the system running the most important fuel U.Me: The Musical is a new musical for radio and podcast that leave them in the sea as artificial reefs. This approach has been pipeline in the United States? A question for Algirde Pipikaite, premieres on Wednesday 12 May. adopted by some US states, and scientists are considering cyber security expert at the World Economic Forum. Also in whether this could also work in the North Sea. the programme, Mike Johnson takes a close look at Nigeria's How – in a period of global pandemic – do you take the idea of electricity challenge, which means around 40% of the country creating a radio musical that aims to bring joy and catharsis to a Produced and presented by Celestina Olulode having no access to official supplies. Plus, researchers have locked down world, and turn that into a reality? This created a cricket bat made out of bamboo, rather than the programme examines the huge team effort that goes into Picture: Getty Images traditional willow, which they say is cheaper and more crafting a piece of audio art for our times. sustainable. We hear more from Ben Tinkler-Davies of the University of Cambridge, who was on the research team. At the centre of the story are BBC story commissioner and co- TUE 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s63w6) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ World Service Listings for 8 – 14 May 2021 Page 9 of 16 The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Picture: Meriel Schindler and a photo of the Café Schindler in according to local authorities seven pupils and a teacher have the 1930s died. Credit: Holly Falconer / courtesy of Meriel Schindler TUE 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct1jfp) And we are discussing today’s coronavirus stories with Dr Isaac The battle for football Bogoch, from the University of Toronto. We’ll also hear a TUE 12:50 Witness History (w3ct1x58) conversation between doctors in the UK and South Africa who Why plans for a European Super League won't go away. Ed [Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today] have decided to leave or are thinking of leaving their jobs Butler speaks to James Montague, author of the book The because of the pressures of the pandemic and other challenges Billionaires Club: The Unstoppable Rise of Football’s Super- at work. rich Owners, about why creating a Europe-wide league of the TUE 13:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5jcbg) richest clubs made so much sense to football club owners with The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. (Photo: Israel-Palestinian violence flares up. Credit: Reuters) backgrounds in US sport. Spanish football journalist Semra Hunter explains why for Spanish clubs, the ESL is seen as the only way to guarantee their financial survival. And Keiran TUE 13:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79lz9q) TUE 17:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5jv9z) Maguire, accountant and lecturer in football finance, tells us The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. why the swift collapse of the ESL plans could prompt owners to sell up. TUE 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s6qlv) TUE 17:06 BBC OS (w172xxxh9w8zv8f) (Photo: Fans protest outside Old Trafford, the home of The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Coronavirus conversations: Doctors under pressure Manchester United, Credit: Getty Images) We continue to bring people together facing the coronavirus TUE 13:32 Discovery (w3ct2g6b) with shared experiences. Today we’ll hear a conversation TUE 08:50 Witness History (w3ct1x58) [Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Monday] between doctors in the UK and South Africa who have decided Legalising contraception in Ireland to leave, or are thinking of leaving their front line jobs because of the pressures of the pandemic and other challenges at work. Contraception wasn't easily accessible in Ireland until 1985. TUE 14:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5jh2l) Activists spent years fighting for the right to control their The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. And there have been more casualties in Gaza and Israel as the fertility but faced opposition from the Roman Catholic church heavy exchange of fire between Palestinian militants and the which traditionally played a central role in Irish society. Paul Israeli army continues. People on both sides have been killed. Moss has been hearing from Betty Purcell who was a teenager TUE 14:06 Newshour (w172xv52szf0gd6) We continue to answer audience questions about the situation when she first started campaigning. Jerusalem crisis escalates with the help of our regional experts, and hear messages from different communities and religious groups about how they are Photo: a woman holding up a condom and some contraceptive There have been further heavy exchanges of fire between affected. pills. Credit: Getty Images. Israeli forces and Palestinians after days of unrest as the international community appeals for calm. We speak to Hamas We hear from our regular coronavirus expert, Dr Swapneil and an Israeli official on this programme. Parikh in Mumbai. He discusses the situation there with a surge TUE 09:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5hwby) in infections and the reports of a rare fungus infection The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Also in the programme: Children killed in a school shooting in diagnosed among Covid-19 patients. We also hear from citizens the Russian city of Kazan; and the 40th anniversary of the death who are challenging the official tally of coronavirus deaths in of reggae legend Bob Marley. India, counting bodies being cremated in their areas. TUE 09:06 The Documentary (w3ct2fnt) [Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today] (Photo: Smoke trails in the sky as Israel's Iron Dome anti- Photo: Doctors in PPE Credit: EPA/Drees Mohammed) missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters) . TUE 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s67mb) The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. TUE 15:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5jltq) TUE 18:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5jz23) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. TUE 09:32 Discovery (w3ct2g6b) [Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Monday] TUE 15:06 People Fixing the World (w3ct1pks) TUE 18:06 Outlook (w3ct1jw7) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today] TUE 10:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5j032) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. TUE 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s6z33) TUE 18:50 Witness History (w3ct1x58) The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today] TUE 10:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct1rsv) [Repeat of broadcast at 20:06 on Saturday] TUE 15:32 World Business Report (w172y4bcvgy4r7f) TUE 19:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5k2t7) China's population growth rate slows The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. TUE 11:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5j3v6) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. China's population grew at its slowest pace in decades according to results of its census. The BBC's Robin Brant in Shanghai TUE 19:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79mpsh) explains why a slowdown in population growth presents The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen TUE 11:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79lqtg) significant demographic challenges for the country. And we get The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen wider context from Dr Lauren Johnson of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Also in the TUE 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s7g2m) programme, a case filed with the UK's Competition Appeal The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. TUE 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s6h3l) Tribunal argues that millions of Apple's customers in the UK The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. should be compensated for breaches of competition law because of how the company's App Store works. Dr Rachael TUE 19:32 Sport Today (w172y0n9944myml) Kent, lecturer in digital economy at King's College, London, is 2021/05/11 GMT TUE 11:32 In the Studio (w3ct1tcx) bringing the case, and tells us why. Plus, in the wake of the row [Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today] over the failed creation of a European Super League for some BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top of the continent's top football teams, the BBC's Ed Butler sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the examines what it revealed about the real state of finances in world. TUE 12:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5j7lb) football, and the power of fans to change things. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. (Picture: Babies held by nurses on a ward in China. Picture TUE 20:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5k6kc) credit: Getty Images.) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. TUE 12:06 Outlook (w3ct1jw7) Secrets of my family's lost café TUE 16:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5jqkv) TUE 20:06 The Documentary (w3ct2fnt) Meriel Schindler grew up in London in a family of émigrés. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. [Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today] They were Jewish and had fled Austria in the late 1930s as Hitler's Nazi Party took over and the violent persecution of Jews turned into the Holocaust. When her father died in 2017, TUE 16:06 BBC OS (w172xxxh9w8zqj9) TUE 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s7ktr) Meriel inherited 13 photo albums. One was dedicated to the Israel-Gaza violence erupts The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Café Schindler in Innsbruck, Austria, a venue set up by her Jewish grandfather in the 1920s. As Meriel started to research There have been more casualties in Gaza and Israel as the heavy the café, she discovered it had gone from being a hub of jazz exchange of fire between Palestinian militants and the Israeli TUE 20:32 Digital Planet (w3ct1lrz) music and delicious pastries, to a Nazi watering hole. But the army continues. People on both sides have been killed. We Urgent calls for mandatory recycling of e-waste research would also uncover some uncomfortable truths about continue to answer audience questions about the situation with her father that she struggled to make sense of. the help of our regional experts, and hear messages from Pascal Leroy, Director General of the Waste Electrical and different communities and religious groups about how they are Electronic Equipment Forum joins us live to discuss their report Meriel has written a book called The Lost Café Schindler. affected. on a proposed recycling framework for critical raw materials – CEWASTE – and why recycling critical raw materials from Get in touch: [email protected] We are joined by our BBC Russian colleague who will be circuit boards, neodymium magnets, fluorescent lights and telling us about a school shooting in the city of Kazan, where batteries is essential for the long-term sustainability of Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ World Service Listings for 8 – 14 May 2021 Page 10 of 16 electronic manufacture. programme, a case filed with the UK's Competition Appeal WED 04:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79nshn) Tribunal argues that millions of Apple's customers in the UK The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen Geek TV should be compensated for breaches of competition law Stephen Cass, senior editor of IEEE spectrum, explains how he because of how the company's App Store works. Dr Rachael has repurposed an old CRT TV to display his favourite web Kent, lecturer in digital economy at King's College, London, is WED 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s8jss) pages using a Raspberry Pi and a bit of python code. We also bringing the case, and tells us why. Plus, in the wake of the row The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. discuss the importance of the maker movement and the right to over the failed creation of a European Super League for some repair laws coming into force later this summer. of the continent's top football teams, the BBC's Ed Butler examines what it revealed about the real state of finances in WED 04:32 Project 17 (w3ct0x8j) Apple vs. Epic football, and the power of fans to change things. Goal 16: Peace and justice Our Games Correspondent Chris Berrow, delves into the detail of the Apple vs Epic lawsuit, with Epic asking if Apple's (Picture: an offshore wind farm. Credit: Getty Images.) In 2015 the United Nations announced a radical plan to change control over the App Store is anti-competitive, by only allowing the world. in-app purchases through the store and taking a 30% cut of the Global leaders drew up a list of 17 "sustainable development sales? If Epic wins, this could have huge implications for the goals" to create a blueprint for a better future. The goals cover games industry, and potentially make in-app purchases WEDNESDAY 12 MAY 2021 things like gender equality, health provision, a good education considerably cheaper. and much more. We've asked 17-year-olds from 17 different WED 01:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5kt90) countries tell us what they think needs to change if the world is (Image: Electronic waste. Credit: Getty Images) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. to meet those goals by 2030. Seventeen-year-old Israel is a member of the Otomi indigenous community. He lives in Mexico City but he faces police WED 01:06 Business Matters (w172xvqb392h5lq) harassment when he works selling sweets and cigarettes on the The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert US approves first major offshore wind farm streets of the capital. For Project 17 Israel went to meet an commentary from Angelica Mari Otomi woman who was arrested and sent to jail after being The Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts is picked up by the police - and he talks to indigenous activists Studio Managers: John Boland and Bob Nettles intended to create enough electricity to power 400,000 homes fighting for equal access to justice for all Mexicans. Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz in New England. Does this herald the dawn of a lower emission energy industry in the States? A question for Helen Zichal, Presenter: Sana Safi CEO of the American Clean Power Association. 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Plus, in the wake of the row over the TUE 21:06 Newshour (w172xv52szf19m3) failed creation of a European Super League for some of the WED 05:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5l98j) Gaza rockets target Israeli city of Tel Aviv continent's top football teams, the BBC's Ed Butler examines The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. what it revealed about the real state of finances in football, and The militant group Hamas says it targeted Tel Aviv with a the power of fans to change things. barrage of 130 rockets after an Israeli airstrike brought down an WED 05:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgsm0c98) apartment block in Gaza. Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv as All this and more discussed with our two guests on different Israel declares state of emergency Israel's Iron Dome defence system intercepted rockets in the sides of the globe: Enda Curran, chief Asia economics air. correspondent for Bloomberg News, in Hong Kong and Hayley Israel has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Woodin – executive editor of Business in Vancouver, in Lod after riots. Rocket attacks and airstrikes continue Also in the programme: President Putin has ordered a review of Canada. overnight, as the UN warns it could fall into all-out war between gun ownership after a shooting at a school in the Russian city of Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza - we'll be hearing from all Kazan that left nine people dead; and how the World Wildlife (Picture: an offshore wind farm. Credit: Getty Images.) sides throughout the programme. Fund mapped forest re-growth that is helping to combat climate change. 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[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today] WED 06:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgsm0h1d) WED 02:32 The Compass (w3ct1csg) Conflict escalates between Israel and the Palestinians TUE 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8s7tb0) Finders Keepers The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. The United Nations has warned that the conflict between Israel Finders Keepers: A photograph, a pipe and a skull and the Palestinians in Gaza is escalating towards full-scale war. Both sides have exchanged their heaviest bombardments in TUE 22:32 In the Studio (w3ct1tcx) Actor and musician Kema Sikazwe is no historical expert. A years, with rocket barrages and airstrikes continuing throughout [Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today] young Zambian who now lives in northern England, he hasn’t the night. even set foot inside a museum since he was ten years old. 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THU 02:32 Assignment (w3ct1gx8) WED 22:06 HARDtalk (w3ct1nb5) Saving the vaquita THU 06:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgsm3cyh) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today] Israeli Palestinian violence intensifies Jacques Cousteau called Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, ‘the aquarium of the world’. It is home to one of the most critically Israel's leaders have appealed for restraint, as street clashes WED 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8sbq73) endangered species on earth. The vaquita is a small porpoise between Jews and Arab Israelis spread in response to the The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. facing total extinction, whose numbers have dwindled to less conflict with Palestinian militants in Gaza. than a dozen. In particular, the vaquita get caught in the nets used to catch totoaba. Casting nets for this large marine fish is The exchange of rocket fire and airstrikes has continued into WED 22:32 Project 17 (w3ct0x8j) illegal. But the totoaba’s swim bladder is believed to have potent the night, with both sides escalating their bombardment of [Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today] medicinal properties in China, and sells for thousands of dollars urban areas. We hear from both sides in the conflict. in a trade controlled by Mexican organised crime. So efforts to save the vaquita have brought conflict to poor fishing In the United States, Republicans oust Trump critic Liz Cheney WED 23:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5ngpv) communities in northern Baja California – people who often from her leadership role. We’ll discuss the future of the party. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. rely on an illicit income from totoaba. On New Year’s Eve, 2020 one fisherman was killed and another seriously injured in And India’s coronavirus tragedy has been making world an altercation between local boats and an NGO ship patrolling headlines. Much less publicised is the situation in neighbouring WED 23:06 The Newsroom (w172xywmfhq1s7t) to stop the sinking of illegal nets that kill the vaquita. Linda Nepal which has a long open border with India and is one of the The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen Pressly reports from the coast of Baja California on a poorest countries in Asia. dangerous clash of interests. Can the vaquita be saved?

WED 23:20 Sports News (w172y0sdhs55twg) Producer: Michael Gallagher THU 07:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5pfnw) BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from Producer in Mexico: Ulises Escamilla Haro The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. around the world. (Image: Illustration of a vaquita in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. Credit: Greenpeace/Marcelo Otero) THU 07:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgsm3hpm) WED 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8sbtz7) Live news, business and sport from around the world. The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. THU 03:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5nypc) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. THU 08:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5pkf0) WED 23:32 World Business Report (w172y48qz0qx07z) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Bolivia agrees vaccine exports with Canadian company THU 03:06 Outlook (w3ct1jyh) Canadian drug company Biolyse have agreed to supply 15 [Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Wednesday] THU 08:06 The Inquiry (w3ct1z1x) million covid vaccine doses to Bolivia. But this is reliant on Will the Taliban rule Afghanistan again? cooperation by vaccine producers Johnson and Johnson, or compulsory license. We hear from Biolyse's executive vice THU 03:50 Witness History (w3ct1x7j) In the afternoon of Saturday 8th May in the Afghan capital of president John Fulton. According to a World Bank report, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Wednesday] Kabul, just a few days before the end of Ramadan, students remittances to low and middle-income countries from citizens from the Syed Al-Shahda girls school were starting to leave for working abroad held up unexpectedly well in 2020, outstripping the day. Without any warning, a car bomb went off. Then a combined foreign direct investments and overseas development THU 04:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5p2fh) second explosion, followed by a third. aid. The World Banks's Dilip Ratha explains.. Also in the The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. programme, the BBC's Vivienne Nunis examines the practice of The Afghan Government blamed the Taliban, the hardline recycling lead-acid car batteries, which poses a growing health Islamist movement that has fought a long civil war in hazard in many developing countries. Plus, as millions of people THU 04:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79rpdr) Afghanistan. The Taliban, although they have previously around the world start drifting back to the office following a The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen targeted the education of girls, denied it and blamed the Islamic lengthy period of working from home, our regular workplace State Group. commentator, Peter Morgan, discusses the implications. THU 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8scfpw) Things were supposed to be getting better in this war torn (Picture: a man receives a vaccine in La Paz, Bolivia. Credit: The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. country. Getty Images.) Earlier this year President Joe Biden announced US troops were THU 04:32 The Food Chain (w3cszjpv) going to be removed in September. But what will happen after Dan Barber: My life in five dishes they’ve gone? THURSDAY 13 MAY 2021 In an illustrious career spanning three decades, there’s little that THU 01:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5nq63) booking-writing, seed-breading, ‘philosopher chef’ Dan Barber Produced by Rob Cave and Soila Apparicio. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. has not put his hands to. Celebrated as the poster child of the ‘farm to fork’ movement, he tells Graihagh Jackson how a visit to a wheat farm called into question everything he thought he (Taliban militia move towards the front line in Kabul, February THU 01:06 Business Matters (w172xvqb392l2ht) knew about agriculture and changed his cooking and ethos 1995. Credit: Saeed Khan /Getty Images) Bolivia agrees vaccine exports with Canadian company forever.

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Ed Butler programme, the BBC's Vivienne Nunis examines the practice of If you would like to get in touch please email speaks to Anthony Masters, the statistics ambassador for the recycling lead-acid car batteries, which poses a growing health [email protected] UK's Royal Statistical Society who explains that one way to try hazard in many developing countries. Plus, as millions of people to count the number of deaths is through excess deaths figures. around the world start drifting back to the office following a (Picture: Chef Dan Barber. Credit: Richard Bolls/BBC) But in countries like India there aren't very reliable national lengthy period of working from home, our regular workplace mortality statistics to start with, and there's often a long delay in commentator, Peter Morgan, discusses the implications. delivering the latest numbers. 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Wouter Basson, nicknamed 'Dr Death' by the country’s media, was alleged to have run a secret PHOTO: Nigel Winterburn celebrates Arsenal's winning goal THU 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8sdrx9) chemical and biological weapons project in the 1980s to (Getty Images) The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. eliminate perceived enemies of the government. But after the country’s longest and most expensive trial and despite evidence from 150 witnesses, in 2002 a judge found him not guilty on all THU 11:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5pxnd) THU 15:32 World Business Report (w172y494pd19ldp) 46 charges. Bob Howard talks to Dr Marjorie Jobson, the The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Tesla will no longer sell cars for Bitcoin national director of Khulumani, a group which campaigns for justice on behalf of the victims of apartheid. Tesla founder Elon Musk says the car maker will no longer THU 11:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79sjmn) accept Bitcoin for purchases. 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And we take a look at some of the New research from The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology What really happened on the 'Sex Raft' financial incentives being offered in the US to boost flagging journal shows current body mass index [BMI] guidance is coronavirus vaccine take-up rates, including free entry to a $1m outdated and dangerous for people from different ethnic In 1973 Mexican anthropologist Santiago Genovés decided to lottery in Ohio, with Ivan Pereira, ABC News reporter in New groups. The study’s principal investigator, Dr Rishi create an experiment to find out what drives people to commit York. Caleyachetty unpicks the global implications of his findings. acts of violence. He put a group of men and women from different parts of the world on a raft and cast them out to sea. (Picture: Commemorative Bitcoins next to a Tesla car badge. Maria Rebollo Polo – WHO lead for Neglected Tropical But what happened was not what he expected. Emily Webb Picture credit: Getty Images.) 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'impossible' song, Fracture by British prog-rock band King Israel sends more troops to Gaza border Professor Catherine Loveday of Westminster University Crimson, that would consume him and his family for the next discusses her new research on our memories during lockdown. 22 years. Israeli troop reinforcements are being sent to the Gaza border to prepare for an escalation of violence against the Palestinians. Guest: Dr Ann Robinson Get in touch: [email protected] We’ll be looking at the reasons for the fighting between Israelis and Palestinians and answering listener's questions about the Picture: The raft cast out to sea by Santiago Genovés situation. We’ll also hear more messages from people affected Presenter: Claudia Hammond Credit: Modern Films by the latest round of violence. And we continue to speak to our Producer: Erika Wright colleagues in the region about the diplomatic efforts to de- escalate the tension. (Picture: Female doctor weighing senior patient at medical THU 12:50 Witness History (w3ct1x30) clinic. Photo credit: Jose Luis Pelaez/Getty Images.) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today] We are joined by our regular medical expert, Dr Emma Hodcroft, who is answering questions about how Covid vaccines work against different variants of the virus. THU 10:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5psx8) THU 13:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5q54n) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. And we’ll look at the impact of a ransomware attack that forced one of the biggest fuel pipelines in the US to shut down. The shortage of fuel has led to long queues at petrol stations across THU 10:06 The Forum (w3ct1rl3) THU 13:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79ss3x) the East Coast. Ukulele - a history of Hawaii's national instrument The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen (Photo: An area in Gaza after Israeli military strikes. 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Our regional experts will also explain the modern ukulele revival, his forthcoming memoir is After a night of heavy bombardment in Gaza and in Israel, and what’s happening with diplomatic efforts to ease the tension. UKEtopia: Adventures in the Ukulele World; and Samantha with Israeli ground forces massing on the border, we report Muir, a classical ukulele musician and composer, who’s doing a from Gaza City and Israel. We also ask what - if anything - the And we hear from Kenya, where three members of parliament PHD at the University of Surrey in the UK to create new works US can do to help end the conflict. have been summoned by the House Speaker after making for the classical ukulele repertoire. allegations that some of their colleagues have received cash Also in the programme: a shortage of oxygen hits Nepal's Covid bribes in exchange for votes. Our reporter Emmanuel Igunza is Produced by Anne Khazam for the BBC World Service. efforts as neighbouring India stops exports; and what's the best in Nairobi. way to persuade the hesitant to get vaccinated? [Image: A ukulele sitting on its side on a Hawaiian beach. We also hear from a reporter in New York, who explains how a Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ World Service Listings for 8 – 14 May 2021 Page 14 of 16 teacher there is facing a backlash after handing out a homework Violence in Gaza and Israel shows no sign of abating amid currency, and director of the UK-based Centre for Citizenship, assignment that questioned the cause of George Floyd’s death. continued rocket fire and air strikes, and civil unrest between Enterprise and Governance. Plus we're joined throughout the Jewish and Israeli Arab communities. 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We get reaction to the news from Olinga Ta'eed, who is an adviser to the Chinese government on FRI 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8sgblz) We wouldn’t drink dirty water so why do we put up with digital currency, and director of the UK-based Centre for The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. polluted air? Researchers are calling for a major rethink on our Citizenship, Enterprise and Governance. Also in the attitude to air quality. Professor Lidia Morawska, from the programme, Mr Musk is at odds with Amazon founder Jeff Queensland University of Technology, says attention to air Bezos over investment in competing projects to build a space FRI 04:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct2fnr) quality during the Covid pandemic has shown how levels of craft to land on the moon. David Whitehouse is a scientist and Cardinal Pell airborne disease can be reduced. author of books about technology in space, and has been studying the entrepreneurs' rivalry. And Keith Cowing, editor of He was once the third most powerful Catholic in the world, Sam Wilson from the UK Medical Research Council, NASA Watch tells us whether Mr Musk's SpaceX or Mr overseeing financial reform at the Vatican. But for Cardinal University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research has been Bezos's Blue Origin is likely to be first to make it back to the George Pell, the fall from grace was hard when he was accused, investigating genetic mechanisms associated with susceptibility moon. The BBC's Theo Leggett reports on the biggest convicted, and imprisoned for sexual abuse in his home country to Covid infection. His team has identified a molecule that tunnelling machine ever used in the UK, which officially starts of Australia. It was a huge blow for the Catholic church across detects SARS-COV-2 when it starts to replicate in our cells. work today, cutting through the chalk beneath the Chiltern Hills Australia. However, not all humans have this protective mechanism, northwest of London. Plus financial incentives are being which may help explain why some people become very ill with offered in the US to boost flagging coronavirus vaccine take-up Abuse victim groups celebrated his conviction, however not Covid and others have little if any symptoms. rates, including free entry to a $1m lottery in Ohio; we hear everyone was convinced, and a debate began to rage as to the from Dr Kevin Schulman, Professor of Medicine at Stanford credibility of the accusations levied against him, as well as the Many Europeans lack this protective molecule, whereas the vast University. (Picture: Commemorative Bitcoins next to a Tesla fairness of his trial. majority of Africans have it. The difference can be seen in cell car badge. Picture credit: Getty Images.) cultures. However, the lack of diversity in the cells used in Cardinal George Pell always maintained his innocence, and experiments worldwide can be a serious problem when looking after spending a year in jail, in a startling twist to the story, at genetic differences as Samara Linton reports. Australia's highest court overturned his conviction, seven high FRIDAY 14 MAY 2021 court judges unanimously ruling. Nuclear material buried beneath the doomed Chernobyl nuclear power plant is becoming more active FRI 01:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5rm36) Today, Cardinal George Pell is back in the eternal city of Rome Neil Hyatt Professor of Nuclear Materials Chemistry at The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. and living right next to the Vatican. In this Heart and Soul Sheffield University says it’s a small increase but needs to be special, Colm Flynn meets Cardinal Pell at his home for a one- monitored. on-one extended interview to talk about the accusations that FRI 01:06 Business Matters (w172xvqb392nzdx) were made against him, the time he spent in prison, and why he Amazon announces hiring spree decided to return to Rome after his release.

One of the world's most successful companies, Amazon, has Presenter and producer: Colm Flynn (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) announced it is set to hire 75,000 new employees in the US and Executive Producer: Rajeev Gupta Canada. This is against a backdrop of surprisingly weak job Presenter: Roland Pease numbers. One of the factors preventing people returning to the (Photo: Cardinal George Pell is surrounded by Australian police Producer: Alex Mansfield workplace in the United States is childcare with many children as he leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Australia, 6 still not going to school. We hear from the president of the October, 2017. Credit: Mark Dadswell/Reuters) American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten. Financial THU 21:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5r43p) incentives are being offered in the US to boost flagging The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. coronavirus vaccine take-up rates, including free entry to a $1m FRI 05:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5s32q) lottery in Ohio, but will it work? We hear from Dr Kevin The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Schulman, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. Tesla THU 21:06 Newshour (w172xv52szf73f9) founder Elon Musk says the car maker will no longer accept Israel-Gaza: Deaths mount as Israel-Gaza violence worsens Bitcoin for car purchases. We get reaction to the news from FRI 05:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgsm653g) Olinga Ta'eed, an adviser to the Chinese government on digital Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ World Service Listings for 8 – 14 May 2021 Page 15 of 16 Palestinian residents flee homes as militants continue to fire China's Democracy Wall BBC's Lourdes Heredia discusses this historic moment. rockets into Israel. We hear from a Palestinian filmmaker and the Israeli police spokesperson. How a brick wall in Beijing became a beacon for those calling Targetting Afghan girls for change. But when Wei Jingsheng posted an essay Zuhal Ahad of BBC Afghan shares her experiences of reporting In Ohio, USA, people who get vaccinated are being given the demanding democracy in 1978, he was arrested and imprisoned on the bomb attack outside a girls' school last weekend which chance to win a million dollars in a special lottery. But do for 18 years. He's been telling Rebecca Kesby why he thinks it left more than 80 dead, many of them schoolgirls. It happened incentives really change how people feel about getting a jab? was worth it. in her childhood neighbourhood in Kabul, which has seen several devastating attacks in recent years. And for years we've been told that natural is best. Now some (PHOTO: BEIJING, CHINA: China's prominent dissident Wei argue that being ethical is more important - even if that means Jingsheng (R) laughs as he talks to reporters at his Beijing America's 'green gold rush' artificially creating products like diamonds, silks or even meat. apartment 20 September 1993. Wei was arrested again shortly Zhaoyin Feng, who reports from Washington for BBC Chinese, after this and eventually released from prison on medical tells us about her trip to Oklahoma to report on the latest grounds in 1997. He currently lives in the USA. (credit frontier in America's so-called marijuana gold rush. It's FRI 06:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5s6tv) MANUEL CENETA/AFP via Getty Images) attracted many Chinese American investors and Chinese The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. immigrant workers.

FRI 09:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5sl27) Saving Kenya's turtles FRI 06:06 Newsday (w172xv2mgsm68vl) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Kenya's Watamu coast is famous for its wildlife, including four Israel: Will there be a ground excursion into Gaza? different types of sea turtle. But turtle numbers are declining due to poaching and loss of habitat. Njoroge Muigai of BBC More than 100 people have been killed in Gaza and seven in FRI 09:06 Tech Tent (w3ct1ngw) Nairobi visited Watamu recently to meet the people working to Israel as violence escalates between the two sides. Ransomware hackers disable key oil pipeline save the turtles.

In Cambodia, a strict lockdown has led to tens of thousands of Has the threat to infrastructure from hackers demanding money Who becomes an Islamic extremist? people going hungry – we’ll go live to the capital Phnom Penh. been underestimated? Plus, a Facebook moderator tells the Irish BBC Indonesian's Silvano Hajid investigates the role of social Parliament of the toll the work is taking on her mental health. media in recruiting young Indonesians to commit terrorist And with more and more migrant children turning up on the And we chat to an engineer trying to develop affordable attacks through the story of a young man called Akbar. He was southern borders of the US, we speak to a Child Advocate who autonomous driving tech for Indian cities. Presented by Rory only 16 years old when he tried to join a group affiliated with helps unaccompanied children navigate the country's migrant Cellan-Jones, with BBC cybersecurity reporter Joe Tidy. so-called Islamic State in Syria. detention system. Produced by Jat Gill. Image: The festival of Valle del Maiz in San Miguel de Allende, (Image: Valve representing an oil pipeline, with cryptocurrency Mexico FRI 07:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5sbkz) tokens. Credit: Getty Images). Credit: Kobby Dagan/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Getty Images

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We have a special report from the streets of Israel where mixed FRI 09:32 Science in Action (w3ct1l3m) communities of Jews and Arabs have been clashing. So are the [Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Thursday] FRI 13:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5t21r) Israeli police doing enough to tackle the violence? We hear The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. from a spokesman defending their role. FRI 10:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5sptc) We're going to be talking about mysterious "directed energy" The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. FRI 13:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79wp10) attacks which it's claimed have left 130 US government The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen personnel with brain injuries. FRI 10:06 The Real Story (w3ct1hsc) And we'll hear about the painting that sold for more one Ransomware on the rise in the US FRI 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8shfb4) hundred million dollars at auction. The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. A cyber-attack on an oil pipeline in the United States has caused widespread disruption and alarm. The Colonial Pipeline FRI 08:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5sgb3) stretches thousands of kilometres from Texas to New Jersey FRI 13:32 Science in Action (w3ct1l3m) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. and was shut down as a result of the attack, causing fuel [Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Thursday] shortages and price spikes on America's East Coast. This is the latest in a long list of recent ransomware attacks on US FRI 08:06 HARDtalk (w3ct1n14) institutions and infrastructure, where groups have shut down FRI 14:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5t5sw) Tzipi Hotovely: Israel's ambassador to the UK crucial information networks or threatened to reveal trade The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. secrets unless a fee was paid. President Biden has blamed a The escalating violence between Israel and the militant Islamic group based in Russia for the Colonial Pipeline attack; and groups in Gaza has the potential to inflict terrible bloodshed, while he did not hold Moscow directly responsible, he has FRI 14:06 Newshour (w172xv52szf953h) but will it change any of the underlying realities in this blamed it and other nations for conducting cyber-espionage Gaza bombardments intensify seemingly endless conflict? Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s against America on a regular basis. Despite the advanced Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely. technological abilities of many US companies, and the Palestinians in northern Gaza are fleeing from Israel's heaviest investment of millions in digital security, hackers are continuing bombardment to date. Meanwhile, Jewish and Israeli-Arab (Photo: Tzipi Hotovely in the Hardtalk studio) to find ways to break into government and commercial mobs have been fighting within Israel. networks. So who are the hackers and how are their methods evolving? And how can the Biden administration ensure global Also in the programme: A company responsible for around a FRI 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8sgtlh) cooperation in the fight against cyber-crime? Ritula Shah is quarter of Lebanon's power supply has turned off its generators The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. joined by a panel of experts. and we talk to one of the world's most prominent climate scientists about his devotion to curbing global warming.

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Manuela Saragosa speaks to an advocate of the "People's Vaccine" campaign, which aims to end the control of the major FRI 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8sh5tw) FRI 15:06 HARDtalk (w3ct1n14) pharmaceutical companies. Els Torreele of University College The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today] London says much of the research and development of these vaccines was publicly funded anyway, and the need to negotiate patent agreements prevents other companies from rapidly FRI 11:32 World Football (w3ct1tyz) FRI 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8shntd) scaling up vaccine production. [Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today] The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.

The need to speed up the rollout is testified to by the South African professor of vaccinology Shabir Madhi, who points out FRI 12:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5sy9m) FRI 15:32 World Business Report (w172y46pc67bl0x) that his own country has yet to begin immunising the general The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Lebanon: Turkish firm cuts off electricity supply public. But Thomas Cueni of the global pharmaceutical industry body, the IFPMA, says they are already on course to vaccinate Turkey's Karpowership provided a quarter of Lebanon's the world within a year. FRI 12:06 The Fifth Floor (w3ct20dw) electricity, but has cut the supply. The company says it made Mexico's apology to the Mayans the decision after 18 months of unpaid bills, and Beirut-based (Picture: A man is vaccinated at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya; journalist Luna Sharwaz explains the implications. 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We hear from Father Augusto Zampini, who is on the Pope's Covid Task Force about FRI 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8sjj19) how the Catholic church is preparing for the future. And FRI 19:32 Sport Today (w172y0n9944xnbw) The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Reverend Dr Prince Raney Rivers, senior minister at Union 2021/05/14 GMT Baptist Church in North Carolina discusses alternative ways of fundraising that have ensured donations to his church BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top FRI 22:32 World Football (w3ct1tyz) rebounded to normal levels. sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the [Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today] world. (Picture: One of Karpowership's electricity barges. Picture credit: Reuters.) FRI 23:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5v8j1) FRI 20:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5tx8n) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 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Many of the fruits, why the government might speed up the delivery of second leaves and tubers that other plants grow are packed full of Turkey's Karpowership provided a quarter of Lebanon's doses of Covid vaccines. toxins that are poisonous to us, and would make us very ill if we electricity, but has cut the supply. The company says it made ate them. But could we take out the poisons and create new, the decision after 18 months of unpaid bills, and Beirut-based Earlier this week we heard from health care professionals who edible crops? That’s what CrowdScience listener Marija wants journalist Luna Sharwaz explains the implications. Also in the had left or were thinking of leaving their jobs because of the to know. programme, as Greece prepares to reopen for international pressures on the frontline during the pandemic. Today we play a visitors, we speak to hotelier George Filippidis about how his conversation with therapists in the US and the UK, who discuss Crowdscience dives into this topic, and uncovers the that many business has coped with a lack of trade. Plus, we examine the potential solutions and explain how challenges for doctors and crops are poisonous, and why so few plants are eaten globally. impact of the coronavirus pandemic on church finances around other health care workers began long before the arrival of the Host Anand Jagatia finds that even the modern scientific the world. Father Aquinas Duffy is parish priest at St Brigid's pandemic. processes of crop breeding are very slow. But science can now Catholic Church in Cabinteely, Ireland, and tells us funds for engineer plants at the genetic level by adding, silencing or his diocese are down around 70%. We hear from Father (Photo: Palestinian women walk at the site of destroyed houses removing specific genes. This ‘genetic modification’ is hugely Augusto Zampini, who is on the Pope's Covid Task Force about in the aftermath of Israeli air and artillery strikes as cross- controversial but can be highly effective. how the Catholic church is preparing for the future. And border violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian Reverend Dr Prince Raney Rivers, senior minister at Union militants continues, in the northern Gaza Strip May 14, 2021. Anand finds a man who has spent decades making cotton seeds Baptist Church in North Carolina discusses alternative ways of Credit: Mohammed Salem/Reuters) edible by removing the poisons they naturally produce in their fundraising that have ensured donations to his church seeds. This GM crop could help fend-off starvation. 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FRI 17:06 BBC OS (w172xxxh9w98jzq) But GM crops are not the perfect solution. They have problems Coronavirus conversations: Doctors and mental health of gene escape, can increase the use of environmentally damaging herbicide, and can be open to monopolisation. In Earlier this week we heard from health care professionals who some countries, particularly in Europe, GM crops are hugely had left or were thinking of leaving their jobs because of the controversial. Anand finds out whether these concerns stand up pressures on the frontline during the pandemic. Today we play a to science and looks at the counterpoint in developing countries conversation with therapists in the US and the UK, who discuss in Africa, South Asia and elsewhere, where local farmers like potential solutions and explain how challenges for doctors and Patience Koku in Nigeria have little time for some of the other health care workers began long before the arrival of the concerns around GM, particularly as they see poor harvests, pandemic. poverty and starvation as the more pressing problems.

We get the latest from our correspondent in Jerusalem on the Contributors: Israeli-Palestinian conflict and hear from residents on both Professor Sandra Knapp, The Natural History Museum in sides whose lives have been disrupted by the violence, London Professor Julie King, Nottingham University We’ll get questions answered about the pandemic by our regular Professor Keerti Rathore, Texas A&M University expert, Dr Marc Mendelson in Cape Town, South Africa and Dr Yousuf Akhond, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute look at the spread of the Indian variant of coronavirus around Professor Matthew Cobb, University of Manchester the world. And an Indian journalist talks about her experiece of Patience Koku, Nigerian Farmer and member of the Global trying to find treatment for her mother who had Covid-19, and Farmer’s Network how one Uber driver went above and beyond to help her. Alliance for Science

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